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Address: 1644 DaVinci Court, P.O. Box 2000, Davis,
California 95617. Phone: (916) 758-6200.
341. Freedom from Hunger. 1993. Annual report 1993.
Davis, California: FFH Foundation. 10 p. 28 cm.
• Summary: Christopher Dunford PhD is president. Thomas
R. McBurney is chair, board of trustees. On the blue-green
and beige cover is a wood block print of two African
women sitting on the ground. Public support and revenue
totalled $2.743 million in fiscal year 1993, up slightly from
the previous year. One pie chart shows where the money
went; general & administration 9%, fundraising 14%. Credit
with education is increasingly the focus of FFH. Address:
1644 DaVinci Court, P.O. Box 2000, Davis, California
95617. Phone: (916) 758-6200.
342. Wescott, Mary. 1994. Re: Historical documents about
Meals for Millions or Freedom from Hunger. Letter to
William Shurtleff at Soyfoods Center, Feb. 2. 2 p. (front and
back). Handwritten on letterhead.
• Summary: “Just a follow-up to our recent conversation
about ‘Friendship Food for a Hungry World I & II.’
“After a long and very interesting search I regret to
inform you that I have been unable to find either
publication. I was told that a number of boxes of historical
documents were lost in the move from Santa Monica. Other
than Annual Reports, etc., I was only able to find two boxes
of materials prior to around 1980–which seems a pitty [sic,
pity] to me.
“I have enclosed copies of information found in the one
remaining file we have on Soy–maybe something will be of
interest to you historically speaking.
“Thanks again for your inquiry, I regret we could not
help you out. Sincerely,...”
Note: William Shurtleff replies in a letter dated May 10
that unfortunately all but two of the documents that Mary
sent which Soyfoods Center “did not have were undated, so
we were unable to use them or cite them in our database...
Our library owns 116 documents by or about Meals for
Millions / Freedom from Hunger Foundation. A histogram
showing the distribution by year is enclosed.” Address:
Librarian, Freedom from Hunger, 1644 DaVinci Court, P.O.
Box 2000, Davis, California 95617. Phone: 916-758-6200.
343. Freedom from Hunger. 1994. Annual report 1994.
Davis, California: FFH Foundation. 21 p. 28 cm.
• Summary: Christopher Dunford, PhD is president.
Thomas R. McBurney is chair, board of trustees; page 1 of
this annual report, titled “View from the chair,” is by him.
On the brown on white cover is a photo of an African
women standing with her baby on her back.
For the first time this year FFH used and independent
auditor, Deloitte & Touche, LLP. The financial statement is
much more complete and detailed. Total revenues totalled
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$3.280 million in fiscal year 1994, up 19.5% from the
previous year. Pie charts show revenues and expenses;
general & administration 8%, fundraising 13%.
General public donations accounted for 38% of total
revenues. FFH describes itself as “pioneers in the
international self-help movement.” Credit with Education,
which began in 1989, is now in six countries. “Altogether,
Credit with Education serves about 10,000 women.” In the
United States, FFH uses a different strategy–”Community
Health Advisors.”
A glossy 8-panel (smaller format) insert seems to be a
brief summary of the longer report and contains financial
information that is clearer and easier to understand. This is
the first annual report seen to contain this insert.
Chris Dodson (Jan. 2011) explains: This insert, called
the “mini annual report,” was not actually inserted into the
annual report and it was never mailed to the same donor as
the annual report. Rather it was designed specifically for
direct mail. After the fiscal year had been moved to June 30,
the complete annual report would appear in November (to
be sent to large and corporate donors, foundations, etc.) and
the “mini” would come out in February. The “mini” would
be mailed to all of FFH’s individual direct-mail donors (the
general public). In 2008 (the year of a major financial
downturn) the last complete annual report was produced
(3,000 copies) and the “mini annual report would go to the
complete mailing list that had not gotten the complete
annual report (about 15,000). So the total mailing list of
donors is 18,000 names and this list is carefully kept up to
date and manicured for active donors–those who have given
FFH a gift within the last three years. Surprisingly, FFH will
often receive a handsome bequest from the will of a former
who has not donated for many years.
Starting in 2009 only the “mini annual report” was
produced, but it emphasized that the all information
formerly in the complete annual report was now on the FFH
website–www.freedomfromhunger.org. In short, it is
designed to drive donors to the website for more
information. Chris doubts that FFH will ever return to
sending out a complete annual report; using the Web is so
much more effective and sustainable. Address: 1644
DaVinci Court, P.O. Box 2000, Davis, California 95617.
Phone: (916) 758-6200.
344. Freedom from Hunger. 1995. Annual report 1995:
Partnership. Davis, California: FFH Foundation. 21 p. 28
cm.
• Summary: Christopher Dunford, PhD is president.
Thomas R. McBurney is chair, board of trustees; page 1 of
this annual report, titled “Letter from Thomas R.
McBurney” is by him. On the cover, printed in brown,
orange, and green on white is a photo of an Bolivian woman
holding a lamb; the woman’s daughter is standing beside
her.